The Great Gatsby with Toby Stephens: DVD Cover

    The Great Gatsby Director: Robert Markowitz Cast: Toby Stephens, Mira Sorvino, Paul Rudd, Martin Donovan

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    • DVD Release Date: 01/30/2001
    • Original Release: 2000
    • Rating: Not Rated
    • Sales Rank: 15,504

    Viewer Rating: (8 ratings)

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    1. Dinner With The Buchanans. [8:52]
    2. Party In Manhattan. [6:13]
    3. "Gatsby, What Gatsby?." [3:29]
    4. Gatsby's Party. [6:14]
    5. A Little Favor. [14:23]
    6. Past Love. [6:13]
    7. Trouble Begins. [9:18]
    8. Unconvered Truth. [9:06]
    9. Accident. [8:26]
    10. In The Pool. [3:14]
    11. Aftermath. [4:34]
    12. Already Behind Him. [8:23]

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    Editorial Reviews

    F. Scott Fitzgerald's masterpiece, often regarded as one of the greatest American novels of the 20th century, is brought to the screen in this made-for-TV feature, produced in collaboration with the A&E Cable Network in the United States, and Granada Entertainment in Great Britain. Nick Carraway (Paul Rudd) is a young bond salesman who rents a cottage near the mansion of the wealthy but reclusive Jay Gatsby (Toby Stephens). In time, Nick gets to know his neighbor, who has accumulated a vast fortune through vague, suspect means, but has carefully forged an outward image of refinement and charm. Years ago, before he left to fight in World War I, Gatsby was a poor man named Gatz and was in love with a beautiful woman from a wealthy family, Daisy (Mira Sorvino). When he returned, Gatz was determined to remake himself so that he might be seen fit to someday win her hand, even though Daisy had by this time married the socially prominent but boorish Tom Buchanan (Martin Donovan). Gatsby has yet to give up on his romantic dream and enlists Nick, who is distantly related to Daisy, in his plan. This production marked the fourth time that The Great Gatsby had been committed to film -- the best known version being Jack Clayton's 1974 adaptation, featuring Robert Redford as Gatsby and Mia Farrow as Daisy. Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

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    not completely correc but informativeby dj137

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    November 11, 2009: Would highly recommend reading the book first

    Just not....as good as it could have beenby fleurfairy

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    March 30, 2009: The casting in this production is strange. I liked Toby Stephens' Gatsby even those he's not American. His American accent is almost flawless and he does look the part. I think Stephens appropriately conveyed Gatsby's phoniness and his desperation. I did not understand why they cast Mira Sorvino as Daisy. Her voice was not "full of money", she was not what I imagined Daisy to look like, she's Italian-American - not a WASP, and she had long hair instead of the bob. Her performance was dreadful acting-wise. I do not think she had a handle on who exactly Daisy Buchanan was. It's like she had never read the book. I liked the casting of Paul Rudd as Nick, but he could have developed the character further. I just felt that this production could have been so much better if the filmmakers had really studied the novel more and made better casting choices. I doubt there will ever be a film of The Great Gatsby that lives up to the novel.


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